Homecoming

Nothing comes from nothing.
Underlying the stories that we tell ourselves and the stories that others tell us about ourselves is the essence of who we are. At some point in time, we realise that we seek something which will fill the void or emptiness that exists in us.
I recognised that and associate it with a feeling of warmth and affection. Symbolic of “home”. Most of us live life as it comes, in the world of our whims and fancies. Jumping from one experience to another, from one emotion to another, assuming, that one day we will attain what we are looking for. We continue in routine, clinging frantically to people, memories, habits, thoughts and feelings. Overly attached to the outcomes. Not discerning that every action and thought is a Karma. We conclude that we make decisions, however, it is our decisions(of past present and future) that actually “make” us.

It is an eternal quest. Perhaps, it is more about internalization. A voyage, a homecoming to self. When we expose ourselves to teachings and spiritual practices, we experience an upward thrust. We enjoy the sweetness. Through these practices, we extricate ourselves from obsessive thoughts and emotions. We identify the alignment of our continuous actions. This can be compared to the ripening of fruits. Metaphorically, we ripen from inside, we become sweeter in our very existence.
Thus this life changes from inside to out. It is like reviving our essence. The use of spiritual practices, make us more aware. To remain in awareness can be very simple at the same time challenging. Meditation is one of the tools that helps us to ripen and releases obsessive clinging to materialistic things, to accept whatever comes, comes and whatever goes, goes. It results in an exalted state of awareness. The highs are not too high and lows are never too low.
A sense of “being in the eternal now” prevails. Our stereotypical concept of “who we think we are”, vanishes. It is like letting go of little bits of ourselves every day.
Mindfull living is about living in the now and identifying the presence within. It is souls’ homecoming.